President Obama's expansion of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument more than quadruples the size of the monument off the coast of Hawaii, about two years after President Obama similarly expanded Pacific Remote Islands National Monument using the Antiquities Act.

In recent years, Utah's Bears Ears region has been under relentless assault. According to some estimates, there have been dozens of cases of looting, vandalism or "disturbance of human remains" in the area since the year 2011.